Teclast T50 Pro tablet review – Mobile communications and ample storage at a great price

More power is always welcome, isn’t it? Especially when you get it for a reasonable surcharge. For not even 300 Euros and already with a significant discount on the Internet, you also get additional bonuses with the Teclast T50 Pro. The relationship to the Teclast T50 is not necessarily recognizable at first glance: Although the T50 Pro also has a stable metal case, it offers differently placed speakers and buttons as well as a camera module with flash and a second lens on the back.

The chassis can be twisted a bit and even jumps apart a bit at one corner, which lowers the quality impression. Otherwise, the tablet’s build quality is quite decent. Despite the same screen size, it is a bit more handy and 30 grams lighter than the Teclast T50 .

In addition to the very generous 256 GB of UFS 2. 2 flash for data, there is 8 GB of working memory, which is also not too tight. There is also a microSD slot that can be used to expand the storage.

The reader is not exceptionally fast overall, but it is quite fast for its price range with our reference microSD Angelbird V60. Besides ample storage, the Teclast tablet also offers a SIM slot that even allows using mobile Internet through the 4G networks. Not too many frequencies are available for this, but it should be enough for Europe and some popular travel destinations.

The reception quality is quite decent in several random tests, but not on the level of expensive smartphones. WiFi 5 is also on board, and in our test with the reference router Asus ROG Rapture AXE11000, the Teclast T50 Pro shows itself with quite stable transfer rates between about 300 and 380 MBit/s, which is common in this class. Pure Android 13 is installed on the tablet, the security patches are from May 2023 and thus are not too old at the time of testing.

It is incomprehensible to us that the manufacturer did not have Widevine certified, while the Teclast T50 had one. Thus, it is currently not possible to stream content from the major platforms in HD or 4K. Fortunately, advertising software is not preinstalled.

The screen is a 60 Hz panel, so the operation feels a bit sluggish from time to time, especially if you have previously used a cell phone with a 120 Hz screen, for example. There is no fingerprint sensor, but the tablet can be unlocked via facial recognition. This works quite reliably and quickly, but it is not very secure due to the use of 2D data.

Although the T50 Pro actually has the same camera sensors as the Teclast T50 there is one important difference: There is now an LED flash on the back that can brighten up dark scenes. The depth sensor on the back is less important. It looks like a second camera, but it only provides additional data for blurring effects in portraits.

The 20-megapixel camera at the back takes quite dark pictures with comparatively few dynamics. However, the image sharpness is quite decent and you can still see some details. In very low light, it is particularly visible that the camera is overtaxed with very bright and very dark areas.

Videos can be recorded at a maximum of 1440p and 30 fps. The autofocus often seems overwhelmed and reacts quite slowly. On the front, there is an 8-megapixel camera for selfies.

The resulting photos are quite passably brightened in good lighting but look quite grainy and lack contrast in detail. The IPS display of the Teclast T50 Pro has a resolution of 2000 x 1200 pixels, which is slightly higher than the Full HD standard. Unfortunately, the screen is a bit darker in our tests than in the Teclast T50 and achieves an average of only 344 cd/m², which is hardly sufficient for outdoor use.

Scrolling at 60 Hz is also not that smooth, but at least we did not notice any PWM. In our tests with the spectrophotometer and the software CalMAN, we also noticed a heavy blue cast that falsifies colors and makes picture more cool. The screen is also not very rich in contrast.

With the Helio G99 , Teclast uses a powerful SoC for this price range. Both in the CPU and GPU benchmarks, there is considerably more power available than in the Teclast T50 or even the Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 2022 . The Redmi Pad is actually based on the same SoC and also offers quite a lot of performance for the money.

You can usually navigate smoothly with the T50 Pro in everyday use, but a 90 Hz screen would certainly make the system even smoother to use. More modern graphics APIs are also supported, so most games should run on the tablet. The maximum warming under prolonged load is hardly remarkable at 35 °C.

The performance also remains at about the same level as at the beginning of the test after 20 runs of 3DMark Wild Life. The 4 speakers sound a bit treble-heavy and are not exceptionally loud, but they are sufficient if you want to understand speech in videos or sample a pop song. However, external speakers or headphones that can be connected via USB-C or Bluetooth are recommended for real audio enjoyment.

There are many codecs to choose from for the latter: Besides the standards SBC, AAC, LDAC and aptX, also somewhat higher-quality variants like LHDC or aptX HD. With its 8,000 mAh battery, the Teclast T50 Pro offers even more battery capacity than the T50 in a smaller case with less weight. A great achievement.

The T50 Pro also lasted much longer than its cheaper brother in our Wi-Fi test. We measured 17:26 hours, which should easily last for a day, even during intensive use. The device charges with 18 watts and needs well over 3 hours until it shows a 100% charge state when the battery is empty.

Wireless charging is unfortunately not available. The Teclast T50 Pro is definitely a great offer for under 300 Euros. The ample storage, the LTE capability and the comparatively fast processor ensure that.

However, there are also some incomprehensible decisions by the manufacturer: Why, for example, is the screen significantly darker than in the Teclast T50 ? The manufacturer could possibly help with the Widevine certification, without which you cannot watch HD streaming content, with an update. The tablet is comparatively light and still has very good runtimes, can convince with pure Android without adware, and hardly heats up even under load. All in all, there is a lot that speaks for the Teclast T50 Pro.

The Teclast T50 Pro is inexpensive and still offers mobile connectivity, a lot of performance and a generous and fast memory configuration. If you want to save a bit, you can get the cheaper Teclast T50 for considerably less than 200 Euros at amazon. de , but you will have to make concessions in terms of memory and performance.

The Xiaomi Redmi Pad offers a lot of power and a 90 Hz screen. The Teclast T50 Pro costs around 224 Euros (~$224) at AliExpress . The store page at amazon.

de already exists, but it is not yet active. According to the manufacturer, the tablet should be available there from the end of August 2023. .